| LEC # | TOPICS | PROBLEMS | 
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Course introduction and reactor types | |
| 2 | Reactor heat generation | 2-1 2-7N (PDF) 3-5 3-7N (PDF)  | 
| 3 | Thermal design principles Conservation equations  | 2-4 2-5 4-7  | 
| 4 | Rankine power cycles | 6-2 6-3 (1, 2) 6-5  | 
| 5 | Brayton power cycles | 6-12N (PDF) 6-15N (PDF)  | 
| 6 | Containment analysis | 3-6N (PDF) 7-1  | 
| 7 | Containment analysis (cont.) | 7-2 7-17N (PDF)  | 
| 8 | Thermal analysis of fuel elements (introduction) | 8-1 | 
| 9 | Thermal analysis of fuel elements (temperature distributions) | 8-4 8-11N (PDF) 8-13N (PDF)  | 
| 10 | Thermal analysis of fuel elements (maximum temperature in the core) | 8-5 13-1 13-2  | 
| 11 | Single phase thermal-hydraulics (introduction) | 9-1 9-2  | 
| 12 | Single phase thermal-hydraulics (fluid dynamics) | 9-4 9-5  | 
| 13 | Single phase thermal-hydraulics (heat transfer) | 10-4 10-5 10-11N (PDF)  | 
| 14 | Single phase thermal-hydraulics (turbulence and loop analysis) | |
| 15 | Two phase flow (basic parameters and models) | 5-1 5-3 11-5  | 
| 16 | Two phase flow (pressure drop and instabilities) | 11-6 11-8N (PDF)  | 
| 17 | Two phase flow (critical flow) | 11-12N (PDF) | 
| 18 | Two phase heat transfer (pool boiling) | 12-1 12-2  | 
| 19 | Two phase heat transfer (flow boiling) | 12-6N (PDF) | 
| 20 | Two phase heat transfer (boiling crises and post-boiling-crisis heat transfer) | 12-11N (PDF) 12-15N (PDF)  | 
| 21 | Two phase heat transfer (condensation) | 10-44 (I&D) | 
| 22 | Two phase flow and heat transfer (demonstrations) | |
| 23 | Structural mechanics (elasticity fundamentals and thin-shell theory) | S1-1 (PDF) S2-1 (PDF)  | 
| 24 | Structural mechanics (stress categorization and ASME code) | S4-1 (PDF) S6-1 (PDF)  | 
| 25 | Structural mechanics (creep, fatigue) Course evaluation  |